Originally Posted by
blackshark3
Just wonder if anyone had this experience...
I put on a brand new RX8 Gen2 onto my new Mugen MBX7R Eco. On the bench everything works fine, and I could even tuned the ESC with hotwire and ran it around my home a couple of circles. Today when I bring it to the track, after connecting the batteries and tested servo right before I put on the body the ESC smoked and fire burst out from the fan! I immediately disconnect the batteries and was able to tear the esc off the chassis to put off the small fire. The ESC was ruined and it ruined my my day...
I heard and saw quite a few RX8 caught fire while the car was running, but blowing up before putting it on the track is really discouraging. Frankly my confidence on the RX8 is lost...
This is a twofold situation. Part one: Every once in a while there will be a dud from the factory. Happens with any manufactured goods of brand, price, model and product. Two: If the failure rate was 1 in 100 for tekin, and 1 in 50 for a different brand, you will see more Tekins fail if there are 1000 of those compared to 100 of the other brand. Don't get discouraged at this point, you purchased the highest quality ESC on the market.